On mass formation psychosis, or whatever one wants to call the peculiar close-mindedness many of us have been observing since early on in this covidian catastrophe--
SOAPBOX SEWER: Hello. I feel strange. And the reason I feel a bit strange is because the last 2 years have probably been the weirdest most disturbing years of my life. And yet, I've got this feeling like society has just kind of forgotten all about it, they're just moving on as though nothing's happened, and I just have this feeling like, uh, aren't we going to talk about that, what just happened? That was like, really crazy, and a lot of people did a lot of crazy things, and a lot people did a lot of criminal things, and I feel like we need to talk about it.
So I just want to make this video about how 2021 particularly, how it felt to me. And I know everybody's experience is going to be different, particularly vaccinated people, their experience will probably be the polar opposite of mine, but I just wanted to explain how 2021 felt to me.
0:54 So this is how it felt to me. Imagine a massive park, a big field, like a Hyde Park, big public park, and I'm there with all my friends and family and we're having a picnic. And there's loads of other people having their own picnics, walking the dog, cycling, playing games. Big, busy park, lovely summer's day. Normal day. That's the scene.
Then suddenly everybody's phones beep at the same time. Now, I don't have a phone in this scenario and I know it's few other people who don't have phones, but generally, the gist of people, all their phones beep at the same time. And I watch as everybody, in unison, all stop what they're doing, they look down, they reach into their bags and they pull their devices out, and they look at it. And then very calmly, all in unison, they all put their devices back in their bags, they reach in and they pull out a gun. And I watch as collectively everybody in the field all put the guns to their heads and they click. And thankfully, all I hear is click-click-click-click-click. But in a few scattered places I hear bangs. Like, far off in the distance there's a few bangs and I see people have died, and couple of other places there's a bang and people miss and get their arms, and close by there's a bang and a family over here, and the blood splatters onto my own family's faces. And it's all a little bit close for comfort. And the dead get kind of dragged away, and people just kind of wipe the blood off their faces. And then they put the guns back in their bags and just carry on, as though nothing's happened. As though that was the like the most normal thing in the world and everything just carries on again.
And that is how 2021 felt to me. Loads of people just suddenly got this device and just like zombies they just played Russian roulette like it was nothing and they just carried on.
And I'm not even being hyperbolic or exaggerating there. That really is how it felt to me. And the reason why it felt like that was because in my mind getting the vaccine was obviously crazy. It wasn't even like a decision. It was obviously crazy.
Now I know vaccinated people will probably have the polar opposite feeling about me, I'm the crazy one, but again, this is just my perspective, that's how it felt.
And so I'm scratching my head and trying to think, what just happened there? Why did that happen?
Why did all my friends and family, all my loved ones, who I still love and they're still normal in every other way, and a lot of these people are better human beings than me, more intelligent than me, and yet, they all did this massively stupid thing. And I'm like, really obviously crazy thing to me. And so I'm scratching my head, thinking, like, why did that happen?
And I'm looking at the situation, I'm thinking so, who should I be more angry at? Who should I blame here? Because it's very tempting to look at my loved ones and says, hang on, why did you do this crazy thing? Because they're the ones that put the guns to their heads. But is it their fault or is it the device's fault? What, what was said in this device? How, how, how much power does this device wield over people?
And the more I think about it, the more I think it's these devices are to blame. They're brainwashing people or something. They have some kind of hypnotic hold over people. And so that is worrying me now. And I'm kind of—
So now, reflecting on 2021, I kind of feel a bit like, what else can these devices get people to do? I kind of lost a bit of trust in people. Like, if these device— do I have to start worrying that people are going to start sticking their fingers in plug holes just because the TV told them to do, or something? What else could these devices get people to do?
If they wanted them, wanted people to turn on me, could these devices make people do that? And I kind of feel like, yeah, they probably could. If these devices told everybody that I was a bad guy and you all have to kill me, they'd probably all get their guns and just kill me. It's that kind of feeling, like, whoa, can I trust people?
And again, I don't think it's the people who I can't trust, it's these devices and their power they have over people. It's something like that that makes me feel weird.
I just feel like, I feel like people have lost the ability to think for them, think for themselves, and they've handed it over to these devices. And thy've just, and these devices just tell them what to think now because they've lost the ability to think for themselves. That's how it feels. People don't think for themselves. They just, what shall I think? And they turn to their devices and find out the answer. Ah, OK, that's what I'll do.
So that is how 2021 felt to me. 6:01 [END OF EXCERPT]
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Re: Negs
Date: 2024-05-19 03:22 pm (UTC)How 2021 Felt To Me
Soapbox Sewer, April 10, 2022
https://rumble.com/v10gifm-how-2021-felt-to-me.html
https://odysee.com/@soapboxsewer:7/SoapboxSewer-2022-04-08-How-2021-Felt-To-me:d
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Soapbox Sewer describes himself as "a random man." From his accent, and his mention of Hyde Park, I would assume he is in the UK.
https://soapboxsewer.substack.com/
https://odysee.com/@soapboxsewer:7?view=content
TRANSCRIPT - EXCERPT
SOAPBOX SEWER: Hello. I feel strange. And the reason I feel a bit strange is because the last 2 years have probably been the weirdest most disturbing years of my life. And yet, I've got this feeling like society has just kind of forgotten all about it, they're just moving on as though nothing's happened, and I just have this feeling like, uh, aren't we going to talk about that, what just happened? That was like, really crazy, and a lot of people did a lot of crazy things, and a lot people did a lot of criminal things, and I feel like we need to talk about it.
So I just want to make this video about how 2021 particularly, how it felt to me. And I know everybody's experience is going to be different, particularly vaccinated people, their experience
will probably be the polar opposite of mine, but I just wanted to explain how 2021 felt to me.
0:54
So this is how it felt to me. Imagine a massive park, a big field, like a Hyde Park, big public park, and I'm there with all my friends and family and we're having a picnic. And there's loads of other people having their own picnics, walking the dog, cycling, playing games. Big, busy park, lovely summer's day. Normal day. That's the scene.
Then suddenly everybody's phones beep at the same time. Now, I don't have a phone in this scenario and I know it's few other people who don't have phones, but generally, the gist of people, all their phones beep at the same time. And I watch as everybody, in unison, all stop what they're doing, they look down, they reach into their bags and they pull their devices out, and they look at it. And then very calmly, all in unison, they all put their devices back in their bags, they reach in and they pull out a gun. And I watch as collectively everybody in the field all put the guns to their heads and they click. And thankfully, all I hear is click-click-click-click-click. But in a few scattered places I hear bangs. Like, far off in the distance there's a few bangs and I see people have died, and couple of other places there's a bang and people miss and get their arms, and close by there's a bang and a family over here, and the blood splatters onto my own family's faces. And it's all a little bit close for comfort. And the dead get kind of dragged away, and people just kind of wipe the blood off their faces. And then they put the guns back in their bags and just carry on, as though nothing's happened. As though that was the like the most normal thing in the world and everything just carries on again.
And that is how 2021 felt to me. Loads of people just suddenly got this device and just like zombies they just played Russian roulette like it was nothing and they just carried on.
And I'm not even being hyperbolic or exaggerating there. That really is how it felt to me. And the reason why it felt like that was because in my mind getting the vaccine was obviously crazy. It wasn't even like a decision. It was obviously crazy.
Now I know vaccinated people will probably have the polar opposite feeling about me, I'm the crazy one, but again, this is just my perspective, that's how it felt.
And so I'm scratching my head and trying to think, what just happened there? Why did that happen?
Why did all my friends and family, all my loved ones, who I still love and they're still normal in every other way, and a lot of these people are better human beings than me, more intelligent than me, and yet, they all did this massively stupid thing. And I'm like, really obviously crazy thing to me. And so I'm scratching my head, thinking, like, why did that happen?
And I'm looking at the situation, I'm thinking so, who should I be more angry at? Who should I blame here? Because it's very tempting to look at my loved ones and says, hang on, why did you do this crazy thing? Because they're the ones that put the guns to their heads. But is it their fault or is it the device's fault? What, what was said in this device? How, how, how much power does this device wield over people?
And the more I think about it, the more I think it's these devices are to blame. They're brainwashing people or something. They have some kind of hypnotic hold over people. And so that is worrying me now. And I'm kind of—
So now, reflecting on 2021, I kind of feel a bit like, what else can these devices get people to do? I kind of lost a bit of trust in people. Like, if these device— do I have to start worrying that people are going to start sticking their fingers in plug holes just because the TV told them to do, or something? What else could these devices get people to do?
If they wanted them, wanted people to turn on me, could these devices make people do that? And I kind of feel like, yeah, they probably could. If these devices told everybody that I was a bad guy and you all have to kill me, they'd probably all get their guns and just kill me. It's that kind of feeling, like, whoa, can I trust people?
And again, I don't think it's the people who I can't trust, it's these devices and their power they have over people. It's something like that that makes me feel weird.
I just feel like, I feel like people have lost the ability to think for them, think for themselves, and they've handed it over to these devices. And thy've just, and these devices just tell them what to think now because they've lost the ability to think for themselves. That's how it feels. People don't think for themselves. They just, what shall I think? And they turn to their devices and find out the answer. Ah, OK, that's what I'll do.
So that is how 2021 felt to me.
6:01
[END OF EXCERPT]